26-456: The Nizam College is a constituent college of Osmania University established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI , in Basheerbagh , Hyderabad , Telangana . The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsarai" of Nawab Safdar Jung Musheer-ud-Daulah Fakhrul-ul-Mulk II the owner of the grand Errum Mnzil palace. Fakhar ul mulk and Khan-i-Khanan II, were
52-471: A dozen add-on courses: Certificate, Diploma and PG Diploma courses Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad , Telangana , India. Mir Osman Ali Khan , the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad , issued a firman calling for its creation on 29 August 1917. It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in
78-529: A permanent campus of the university. Geddes surveyed prospective locations and presented his report in 1923. Jasper drew up the building plans and the Nizam laid the foundation stone for the campus on 5 July 1934. After Jasper left Hyderabad, the state architect Zain Yar Jung supervised the construction of the campus. After independence and the accession of Hyderabad State in 1948, the university fell under
104-473: Is a non-profit university which is funded and managed by the government. Admissions into the Bachelor of Engineering, Masters and Doctoral programs in main campus is on a merit basis, evaluated by national entrance examinations ( EAMCET , GATE , BCFSBTGMES-N&D, TSLAWCET, O.U. PhD Entrance Exam, DOST etc.) for each of the courses offered. The University Library is the main library of the university and it
130-1188: Is highly competitive. The state government has appointed Prof S.Ramachandram as vice chancellor of the university. The university is accredited by the NAAC with an 'A ' Grade and conferred with the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by the UGC, New Delhi. The University Colleges are located in begumpet university. There are ten such colleges: the University College of Arts and Social Sciences, University College of Commerce & Business Management , University College of Technology, University College of Engineering , University College of Law, University College of Science, Institute of Advance Study in Education, and PG College of Physical Education. The university offers courses in Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology and Oriental Languages. In 2001, Osmania
156-638: The Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan issued a firman to establish the Osmania University. The university began functioning in 1918 in a building adjacent to the Nizam College at Basheerbagh . Arts and theology were the only two faculties offered, and the first batch consisted of 225 students and 25 faculty members. The government invited Patrick Geddes and Edwin Jasper to set up
182-587: The Reserve Bank of India Yaga Venugopal Reddy , chemist Garikapati Narahari Sastry , Metallurgist and former Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University Patcha Ramachandra Rao and physicist Raziuddin Siddiqui . Rakesh Sharma , cosmonaut and the first Indian to travel in space, was a graduate of Osmania. Karan Bilimoria , founder of Cobra Beer , Member of the House of Lords , and the seventh Chancellor of
208-677: The Tyabji family . His grand daughter, Habiba Hydari married the Goan painter, Mario Miranda . His grand-granddaughter is actress Aditi Rao Hydari . Hydari was knighted by the British government in the 1928 Birthday Honours . and was formally invested with his knighthood at Hyderabad on 17 December 1929 by the Viceroy, the Lord Irwin . This article about an Andhra Pradesh politician
234-634: The University of Birmingham earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Osmania in 1981. Rafi Ahmed , a well-known virologist and immunologist graduated from Osmania University in 1968. Notable former faculty members of the university include Bhadriraju Krishnamurti , Dravidianist and linguist, and founder of linguistics department at the university, physicist Suri Bhagavantam , and linguist Masud Husain Khan . Akbar Hydari Sir Muhammad Akbar Nazar Ali Hydari , Sadr ul-Maham , PC (1869–1941)
260-531: The UGC. The college has its own academic bodies viz., Governing Body, Academic Council, Finance Committee, Internal Quality Assurance Cell and Boards of Studies for each department to monitor its academic, financial and other activities to the desired level of satisfaction of the appropriate authorities. The college offers both the undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in the Faculties of Management, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, and Commerce. At present
286-701: The by the QS World University Rankings of 2023. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 1201–1500 globally in the 2023 ranking 301–350 in Asia in 2022 and 301–350 among Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021. In India, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Osmania University 43rd among Indian universities and 70th overall in 2024. The research activities are funded by various autonomous agencies of
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#1732771946707312-534: The college has 29 teaching departments. In addition to these courses, several students are pursuing their Doctoral and Post-Doctoral programmes. The college has undergraduate courses B.B.A., B.Sc., B.A. and B.Com. It also has B.C.A. There are 13 postgraduate programs leading to M.A., M.Sc. and M.Com. degrees. There is a new 5-year integrated M.Sc. course in Chemistry. The college also has M.B.A., M.C.A and M.Sc. (IS) professional courses. In addition there are almost
338-423: The erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad . It was the first Indian university to use Urdu as a language of instruction, although with English as a compulsory subject. As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations. Osmania is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The Osmania Medical College
364-510: The first principal of the college. The present building, was a summer palace of Paigah Nawab Mulk Fakrul Bahadur, later he gifted the palace to the college administration. This college is an autonomous, constituent college of Osmania University . It is located near Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad. Nizam College was originally a palace of Fakhrul-ul-mulk II, a noble of Hyderabad. Nizam College celebrated its centenary in 1987. It
390-613: The foundation of the Doon School , working to obtain the former estate of the Forest Research Institute , in Dehradun , from the government on favourable terms for the site of the school. Of the four original houses Hyderabad House was named after Akbar Hydari, who secured a contribution from Nizam of Hyderabad 's government. He was the father of Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari through his wife Amina Hydari of
416-1169: The government of India. Foreign students are also admitted to the university via UFRO (University Foreign Relations Office) that allots admissions with minimum criteria. Indian students living overseas Non-resident Indian are also admitted through UFRO that are usually ineligible to get admissions via the entrance exams quota. Notable alumni of Osmania University include 9th Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao , Jaipal Reddy , cabinet minister, 16th and last Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh with Telangana Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy , CEO Adobe systems Shantanu Narayen and senior advocate Subodh Markandeya . Other alumni include spiritual guide and founder of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur , Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji , pro chancellor of khaja bandanawaz university Syed Muhammad Ali Al Hussaini, former Indian Cricket team captain Mohammed Azharuddin , cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle , novelist Venkatesh Kulkarni , author and poet Sneha Narayanan, PDSU founder George Reddy , former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil , former governor of
442-514: The nation as well as from other countries. Osmania University is a confederation of university colleges, constituent colleges, and affiliated colleges. The constituent colleges of the university include: The affiliated engineering colleges of the university are mostly scattered throughout the GHMC area and offer various undergraduate and post-graduate engineering courses. The affiliated engineering colleges include (in no particular order): Osmania
468-777: The prime minister. He was largely responsible for the restoration of the Ajanta Caves . He also represented Hyderabad at the First Round Table Conference held in London during November 1930 – January 1931. In January 1936, he was appointed a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom . In 1941, he was appointed as a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council . Hydari was pivotal in
494-463: The purview of the state government. After the election of the first state government, the central government announced plans to convert Osmania University into a central university with Hindi as the medium of instructions. However, this led to protests and with pressure from the Mulki agitation , the plan was dropped. Eventually, English replaced Urdu as the medium of instruction, and the Nizam's crown
520-579: The son's of Nawab Fakhar-ul-mulk I, a noble of Hyderabad. The founder of the college and of several other educational institutions in the Hyderabad State , was Syed Hussain Bilgrami (Nawab Imad-ul- Mulk), who did pioneering work in the field of education as the Director of Education. He scouted and then appointed Dr. Aghorenath Chattopadhyay (father of Sarojini Naidu, Nightingale of India) as
546-776: Was also removed from the university seal. The original seal featured the Nizam's crown as the crest, along with the phrase Noorun Ala Noor . It also contained the hadith , "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate". The present emblem contains inscriptions in Telugu and Sanskrit. The new logo has the Urdu letter Ain in between. The Main campus is a chief intellectual centre in Hyderabad, and its alumni and faculty members include many distinguished individuals, including former Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao . Admission to Main campus departments of Genetics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, Management, and Law
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#1732771946707572-593: Was an Indian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State from 18 March 1937 to September 1941. Hydari was born on 8 November 1869 into a Sulaymani Bohra community of Muslims . His father was Seth Nazar Ali Hydari, a businessman based in Bombay . Hydari served in the Indian Audit and Accountancy Service before moving to Hyderabad State where he became the finance minister and later
598-750: Was awarded five-star status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, part of the Government of India. The university has a campus of nearly 1600 acres (6 km ) with 300,000 students (counting all the campuses, constituent affiliated colleges and district centres) making it one of the largest higher education systems in India. Nearly 5000 faculty and staff are employed at Osmania. It attracts students from across
624-552: Was established in 1887 by the amalgamation of the Hyderabad School (Noble School) and Madarsa-I-Aliya. Initially it was affiliated to the University of Madras for 60 years and was made a constituent college of Osmania University on 19 February 1947. The college was granted autonomous status by the UGC in the year 1988–89 at undergraduate level and continues to enjoy this status. It is also NAAC accredited and has been given CPE (College with Potential for Excellence) grant by
650-456: Was founded in 1918 along with the university. It has close to 500,000 books and more than 6000 manuscripts, which includes rare palm leave manuscripts. It also has various journals, government documents, etc. The main library coordinates a library system, which connects the libraries in the entire campus and other constituent college libraries. Osmania University has ranked 1201–1400 in the world and 401–450 among universities in Asia category by
676-549: Was once a part of the Osmania University System. However, it is now under the supervision of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences . In 1917, Sir Akbar Hydari , in a memorandum to the Education Minister, emphasized the need to establish a university in Hyderabad with Urdu as the medium of instruction, "as it is the language of the widest currency in India". On 26 April 1917,
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